Schmitz Cargobull is increasing prices for all vehicle types

March 2025 – Schmitz Cargobull, Europe's leading semi-trailer manufacturer, is to increase its prices by three to five per cent by product group.

This measure is a response to high energy and increasing labour costs, as well as rising material prices. The latter,especially for steel and raw materials traded in US dollars, have a direct impact on production costs and affect the entire industry.

The decision to pass on some of the rising material costs to our customers was not an easy one for us,” explains Andreas Schmitz, CEO of Schmitz Cargobull AG. “The economic environment is difficult, not least due to the uncertainty on the corporate and consumer side, but also due to the challenging political landscape. However, no company can sell its products below production costs in the medium term. Therefore, we see no other option than to increase prices now in order to continue to offer our customers the high quality and reliability of our products that they have come to expect, and which allows them to operate economically in the long term. Should material prices fall contrary to expectations, this will be reflected in the price calculation and we will pass the cost advantage on to our customers.”